For public pencasts

3.Once the conversion is complete, click SAVE PENCAST to save the pencast to your computer.

To play back the pencast, you’ll have a few new options

Web: Livescribe Player : Use our online player by opening www.livescribe.com/player in a browser, then simply dragging your Livescribe PDF file from your Downloads folder into the square box on the Player web page.

Livescribe Player Web Interface

iOS:Livescribe+: Our mobile app allows you to import any Livescribe PDF, including ones you download from the Echo Community. Just email them to yourself, tap on the file in iOS, and choose Open In to import them to Livescribe+. Make sure the file has fully downloaded in Mail for the best experience.

Mac/PC: Echo Desktop – Livescribe PDF files will also play back in the upcoming Echo Desktop, where they can be searched and stored.

Further Reading

Can all pencasts be converted?

Pencasts created before early 2010 in the Echo Community are in a different format which cannot be directly converted.

If you have the pencasts on your local computer, you don’t have to do anything. These files will be migrated when you install Echo Desktop.

If you would like to convert them into Livescribe PDFs sooner, you can upload them to the Community again, and then convert and download them.

If you no longer have the pencasts on your computer or if you want to save a public pencast that won’t convert, you can use a screen capture program such as Jing or Camtasia that will record a video file as you play back the pencast on Echo Community.

Which browsers are supported by the Web-based Livescribe Player?

Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari or other major browsers can natively play back a pencast from the web browser. Firefox uses an open source audio solution called Ogg Vorbis, so it isn’t able to play back the more advanced .m4a files used in Livescribe PDF files.

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Hi Harris – that question is a little technical – not familiar with the C#.NET framework you referenced. Our converter is mainly designed to take pencast files uploaded to our servers, and convert them from Flash to a PDF standard so they’re easier to view on mobile devices. Hope that helps!

Harris Webb

OK! Thank you so much.

John Darko

I received Echo 2GB as a gift from my wife about 2 years ago but the Display went off almost a year ago. I have tried to contact LifeScribe to no avail. What can I do apart from being asked to buy a newer version.
John

livescribeteam

John – we have a two year warranty on the OLED screens. Can you share your ticket number or send a new request to cs@livescribe.com using the same email address, and we’ll look into it – we may have needed some additional info before we could process things. Thanks!

livescribeteam

Correct, you can still access your notes and pencasts on your local computer, but you’ll want to upgrade to Echo Desktop to share your pencasts or for firmware updates which support new paper types.

Feel free to contact us using the Live Chat at support.livescribe.com if you get any error messages and we can walk you through the process. Thanks for your continued support!

livescribeteam

Hi Michelle – your old data and pencasts from LIvescribe Desktop will transfer over to Echo Desktop when you install it, and you can access your old notes and pencasts from Echo Desktop. The format-related updates in Echo Desktop prohibit the ability to use both applications at the same time, but our Support team can help you revert back if you find that you need to go back to Livescribe Desktop. Hope this helps clarify!